A San Francisco Superior Court judge today agreed to reduce a felony child endangerment/abuse charge to a misdemeanor for a former Mission District elementary school teacher accused of dangling a student from a second-floor balcony last December.

Andres Tobar, a former teacher at Marshall Elementary School, was allegedly seen cradling the student and holding them over the balcony on Dec. 19 at the school located at 1575 15th St.

Tobar’s defense attorney, Deputy Public Defender Vilaska Nguyen, has described the alleged incident as a “playful mistake” and an “isolated incident that snowballed” and previously asked that Judge Stephen Murphy reduce the felony charge or dismiss it entirely.